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Explore the history and importance of the Kenfig / Cynffig Borough - a medieval and now buried city on the South Wales coastline,
United Kingdom - a location historically represented within the British governmental establishment and steeped in myth & legend.
Learn about the history & development of the entire Kenfig and surrounding areas and its peoples throughout the ages
together with viewing a unique and envious
pictorial history of the entire area exclusive here on Kenfig - The Complete History website.
Experience local ghost stories and folklore, tales of
smuggling & shipwrecks and learn of the beauty & turbulent
past of Sker House together with its lovelorn maids.
Experience what it was like during WWII throughout the entire area together with personal oral accounts from local people
and from individuals both here in the UK and throughout the world who have special memories of the area and the former
RAF base at Stormy Down located nearby.
Exclusive to our Members Area are detailed oral accounts of the area from local people together with
personal photographs, documents, and information donated by local peoples themselves to this website project.
View our Famous People and Sporting Halls of Fame sections along with a unique local family tree section aimed at
encouraging the research of these areas especially by local peoples with the overview of creating an totally unique
database of the true history of the Kenfig and surrounding areas.
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Place & Street Names
Place and street names around Kenfig provide a significant insight into Kenfig's historical past. Norse,
Roman, French & Welsh influences have forged their way into our local vocabularies.
Learn more about the meaning of Place & Steet Names around Kenfig (Coming soon)
Shipwrecks around Kenfig since 1583
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The Coast /
Shipwrecks /
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Shipwrecks around Kenfig
Shipwrecks known to have occurred along the South Wales coastline between Margam and Nash Point from
1583 onwards are documented in this section. The listings outline tales where looting of their cargoes as
well as some of the worst maritime disasters having occurred in the Bristol channel in living memory.
[ Shipwrecks around Kenfig ]
Sker Rocks: 1753 Le Vainqueur
( 254 year Anniversary of this disaster - 17 Dec 2007 )
The 254 year anniversary of the fate of the French merchantman, Le Vainqueur which
struck Sker Rocks takes place on 17 December 2007. She was enroute from Lisbon to Le Harve
when her captain entered the Bristol Channel by mistake.
The shameful plundering of the wreck by local people led to 17 arrests with 1 person being hanged for
the offences committed.
Shipwrecks around Kenfig [ Main Section ]
Shipwrecks around Kenfig (1753 - Le Vainqueur - 254 year anniversary)
[ Learn more ]
Kenfig National Nature Reserve
Kenfig National Nature Reserve
Location / Kenfig National Nature Reserve / |
Situated at Kenfig Pool, Glamorgan's largest natural lake, Kenfig National Nature Reserve is
on land owned by Trustees of the Kenfig Corporation Property which is leased & managed
by Bridgend County Borough Council.
A Site of Special Scientific Interest, Kenfig NNR is one of the finest wildlife habitats in Wales and
is home to a wide variety of rare and endangered species of plants and animals, including the Fen Orchid.
In association with the Management at Kenfig NNR, the Kenfig.org website is able to provide details of the
programme of events at the Reserve Centre throughout 2008 -
[ EVENTS 2008 at Kenfig NNR ]
Kenfig through the Ages
Kenfig through the Ages
History / Kenfig through the Ages /Discover Kenfig throughout history | 16th Century Kenfig | 17th Century Kenfig
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Graffiti :: Mini Site
Annual Gambo Race
Local Sports
Bando or Bandy - A crude form of hockey played on Margam Sands during 18th & 19th Centuries
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Local Historical Facts
Saint Philip Evans (1645-1679)
Roman Catholic priest arrested at Sker House in 1678 - executed at Cardiff, 22 July 1679
in the hysteria of the Titus Oates plot to kill King Charles II.
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Kenfig Civil War Years (1642) |
GENUKI - Genealogy
GENUKI - UK & Ireland Genealogy
GENUKI - UK & Ireland Genealogy
[ Kenfig.org website listed under Glamorgan / Towns & Parishes / Pyle & Kenfig /
History ]
The Town Hall of Kenfig
The Prince of Wales Inn
Desktop Downloads
A Welsh Heritage Community Project - www.kenfig.org.uk
Exclusive desktop backgrounds All images taken on location throughout the Kenfig
area.
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Nash Point Lighthouses
The Nash Point Lighthouses have helped mariners to keep clear of the Nash Sands since the disaster of the
paddle steamer Frolic in 1831.
The paddle steamer Frolic sank with the loss of all onboard on 16 March 1831 at Nash Sands, Porthcawl.
As a direct result of this tradegy the Nash Lighthouses were constructed to guide vessels safely around the
notorious Nash Sands.
War Years around Kenfig
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War Years around Kenfig
Throughout 1940 a network of defences were built across the UK to prevent an anticipated
German invasion.
These defences called Pill Boxes were squat concrete forts sited at road junctions and other
strategic locations throughout the area - local examples around the Kenfig area are listed in this section.
Learn more [ Local Pill Boxes ]
Sker House
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Sker House
The Great House at Sker began its origins as a monastic grange over 900 years ago.
After falling into decline over the years, extensive restoration works eventually saved
Sker House for posterity through National Heritage and Lottery funding - Sker House is of Grade
1 listed status and is now privately owned.
Sker House [ Learn more ]
Maids of Sker [ The Maids of Sker ]
Australian Connection [ Maid of Sker Paddle Steamer ]
Exclusive to Kenfig.org
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Heinz Stücke
An Exclusive interview with Heinz Stücke on A48 at Pyle on his epic round the world journey by bicycle.
For the past 46 yrs Heinz has been travelling around the world and is a Guinness Book of record holder
- Epic Journeys - We had a chance encounter with Heinz on 01 June 2006.
Exclusive to Kenfig.org [ Heinz Stücke ]
Kenfig.org - Supporting Local & National Charities
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
PSP is a rare, degenerative syndrome related to Parkinson's disease, it is the
condition that claimed the life of the famous actor / comedian, Dudley Moore and is widely
known as Dudley Moore's disease as a direct result.
The Kenfig.org website aims to raise an awareness to this condition as it also claimed the life of
our own dear dad in October 2002. Currently there is no cure for PSP.
PSP Europe AssociationKenfig - The Complete History has been granted kind permission to use the PSP-Europe
Association logo throughout this website as we are helping to raise an awareness to this medical condition.
PSP - Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
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Sandville Self Help CentreEstablished by Sister Gwyneth Poacher SRN MBE in 1985, the Sandville is funded entirely by charitable
donations and run largely by volunteers. It is dedicated to caring for the seriously ill and improving
their quality of life in a loving, relaxed and happy environment.
Kenfig.org Local Community Group supports the Sandville Self Help Centre and aims to raise
both an awareness and funds for this establishment.
Members Area - Restricted Access
Restricted Access to certain sections of this website have been implemented to help
protect the interests of other investors in this online project and also due to previous
abuse of this website.
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